Foot corrector



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L. K. BUNCH.

l FOOT CORREGTOH. PPLlCATl-ON FILED FEB.I2I, 1921.

Patented Jan. 10,- 1922.

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LISLE K. BUNCH, 0F SOUTH BEND, INDINA.

FOOT CORRECTOR.

Application led February 21, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LIsLE K. BUNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot Correctors, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe invention relates to foot correctors and has for its object to provide'a device of this character adapted to be disposed'within a shoe and provided with an upwardly extending portion adapted to be disposed below the forward end of the anterior os calsis, for holding the forward end of the anterior os calsis upwardly, thereby supporting the forward bone structure of the foot, and so holding the bones that the body ofthe user will be supported on what is lftnown as the tripodal body support of the oot.

A further object is to provide the arch supporter plate with an upwardly extending projection spaced from the projection disposed under the anterior os calsis, and disposed beneath the anterior metatarsal bones and forming means for supporting said bones and consequently the arch of the foot.

A further object is to provide a foot corrector comprising an elongated member having spaced upwardly extending projections, one of said projections being disposed beneath the forward end of the anterior os f calsis bone and the other upwardly extending projection disposed beneath the meta' tarsal bones thereby forcing said bones upwardly and forcing the bones of thefoot to a natural position without exerting pressure on the arch of the foot, in which arch cords leading to the toes and nerves are disposed, thereby obviating the tiring effect on the foot which is common where conventional forms of arch supporters are used.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being undenstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritofthe invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a top plan View of the foot corrector.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

Serial No. 446,771.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1, showing a foot in position thereon and the bones thereof in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, the'numeral 1 deslgnates an elongated plate adapted to be disposed within a shoe and on which plate the foot 2 rests. The heel 3 of the foot engages the rear end 4 of the plate 'and the ball 5 of the foot engages the forward end G of the plate. Plate l is provided with spaced upwardly extending projections 7 and 8, which may be built up from layers of material or in any other suitable manner, however said projections are preferably formed integral with the plate 1, which plate may be formed of metal or any other material, for instance fibrous material.

In arch supporters now in use, the attempt is made to support the arch 9 of the foot, and where this is done the foot soon tires and aches incident to the constant pressure on the nerves below the arch bone and cords which pass through the arch to the forward bone structure of the foot. To overcome this diic-ulty the upwardly extending projection 7 is disposed beneath the forward end 10 of the os calsis bone 11, thereby forcing the forward end of said bone upwardly during the bending of the foot incident to walking and consequently causing the cuneiform bones to be supported in their` proper positions and consequently the metatarsal bones and in fact all the forward bone structure of the foot to be supported against collapse. It will be seen that no pressure will be exerted on the arch 9 of the foot and consequently the discomforture incident to conventional forms of arch support is obviated. It will also be seen that the bones will be forced to a position where the body of the user will be supported on the normal tripodal foot suport. p The upwardly extending projection 8 is disposed beneath the anterior metatarsal bones 12 and during a walking action exert an upward pressure on said bones in such a manner that their rear ends are forced upwardly for maintaining the foot bones in normal position in such a manner that the use of a support in the arch 9 of the foot is obviated.

From the above it will be seen that a foot corrector is provided, which is simple in construction and one wherein the os calsis bone, and the metatarsal bones are so supported that all of the bones of the forward foot structure are forced into normal position without the use of an arch supporter and discomfort incident thereto.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A foot corrector comprising a substantially flat member adapted to be disposed within a shoe beneath the foot of the wearer of the shoe, said member having upwardly extending spaced projections, one of saidV projections being positioned so as to be dis.

disposed beneath the forward end of the os calsis bone of the foot, the other projection being positioned so as to engage the foot beneath the metatarsal bones, the portion of the flat member between the projections being formed as not to'bear substantial pressure against the foot.

3. A foot corrector comprising an elongated member formed from a single sheet of material and adapted to be disposed within a shoe beneath the foot ofthe wearer, said member having upwardly struck projections integrally formed on the elongated member, one of said projections being positioned so as .to be disposed beneath the forward end of the os calsis, the other projection being positioned so as to engage the foot beneath the metatarsal bones, the portion of the sheet of material between the projections being formed as not to bea-r substantial pressure against the foot.

lIn testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LISLE K. BUNCH. 

